Writing-tablet for roll-paper



(No Model.)

0. J. WEINMAN 8: E. B. EUGHENHOFER.

WRITING TABLET FOR ROLL PAPER. No. 438,871.

Patented Oct. 21, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHRISTIAN J. WEINMAN AND EDWARD E. EUOHENHOFER, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

WRITING-TAB LET FOR ROLL-PAPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 438,871, dated October 21, 1890.

Serial No. 332,709. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHRISTIAN J. WEIN- MAN and EDWARD E. EUCHENHOFER, citizens of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Writing-Tablets for Roll-Paper; and We do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in writing-tablets for roll-paper, the features of which will be fully hereinafter described and claimed.

In the formation of writing-tablets it is the custom to use separate sheets of paper and unite the same at their edges, and to provide for the use of roll-paper we construct a me tallic frame adapted to hold a roll of paper at the top, and adjacent thereto is asurface on which to Write as the paper is unwound from the roll. The mechanism is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure I is a top View of the tablet. Fig. II is a longitudinal section of the same on line a, Fig. I. Fig. III is a detail perspective view of one side of the tablet, the casing being broken away.

Like letters and numerals designate like parts in the two views.

A is a cast frame comprising a rounded elevation at the top in which to hold the roll of paper B, lugs 2 and 2 to guide the ends of the cylinder 0, on which the paper is rolled, and likewise to guide the supporting-cylinder D, and lugs 4 to support the spring-bearing wire 3. All of the lugs are on the sides of the frame, and the two sides correspond. On both sides at the top are attached plates 1, which hold the supporting-cylinder in position in the grooves in the sides of the frame. A slot is provided at the junction of the plane surface and the rounded part through which the paper passes from the roll to said plane surface.

I Against the under or horizontal surface adj acent to said slot the transverse part of spring 3 bears, and the ends at a right angle to this part are held in the side lugs 4.. The spring-bearing presses against the paper, and thereby holds the same smoothly on the writing-surface. The plate E is attached to the lower end of the frame, and beneath this the paper is drawn, and when it is desirable to tear off a portion of the paper the same is carried up against the edge and thereby readily separated.

In preparing the tablet for use. invert it and place the ends of the cylinder or spool in the grooves formed by the lugs. Then drop the supporting-cylinder in the same groove against the roll. of paper. Then place the flat springs or stays over the ends of said cylinder. The end of the paper is then drawn out over the plane surface and under the guide and cutting-plate; and in this position the writing is done. When the writing is completed the paper is drawn out and separated.

Having fully described our invention, what we claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A writing-tablet for roll-paper, comprising the rounded top part to hold a roll of paper witlrguides for the ends of the spool, the cylinder-support with retaining-plates, and the bearing-wire to hold the paper against the under surface adjacent tothe slot to smooth the same,snbstantially as set forth.

2. A writing-tablet for roll-paper, comprising a rounded part at the top to hold a roll of paper, the adjacent plane surface, side grooves to guide and retain the ends of the spool, and the slot through which the paper is drawn to the writing-surface, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that we claim, the foregoing as our own we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

CHRISTIAN J. WEINMAN. EDWARD E. EUCHENHOFER.

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